INTERNATIONAL >> IATA REGULATIONS

IATA PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

The following items are unacceptable for carriage to all international destinations:
  • Firearms, parts thereof and ammunition
  • All Dangerous Goods as defined by IATA
  • C.O.D. (Cash on Delivery) shipments
  • Corpses, cremated or disinterred remains
  • Foodstuffs/Perishable (Food and beverages requiring refrigeration or other environmental control)
  • Gambling Devices: Lottery tickets and gambling devices where prohibited by national, provincial, state or local law.
  • Live animals and plants (Note: Cut flowers are acceptable to Canada )
  • Money (Coins, Cash currency, Paper money and Negotiable Instruments)
  • Pornography
  • Dry Ice (including that used for packaging)
  • Shipments being processed under:
    •      - Carnets 1
         - Drawback Claims 2
         - Temporary Importation Bond 3
         - State Department Licenses 4
         - Inbound Shipments 5
         - Certificate of Registration Shipments 6
         - Drug Enforcement Agency 7
IN ADDITION:
  • Any shipment which would be likely to cause damage, or delay to equipment, personnel or other shipments
  • Any shipment which may require the carrier to obtain a license for its transportation
  • Any item whose carriage is prohibited by any law, statute or regulations of the country of origin or destination, or of any country through which the shipment may transit.
1. Allows temporary import for display, etc. without duties
2. Request for refund of import duties at the time of export
3. Allows temporary import for repair, etc.
4. May be referred to as "ITAR", munitions, list, "military", "DSP-5", "DSP-61", "DSP-73", or "DSP-85" shipments
5. Shipments moving in or out of Customs Bonded Warehouse or Free Trade Zone, FTZ
6. Shipments requiring presentation to U.S. Customs prior to export
7. DEA Shipments (Shipments regulated by DEA)